For Our King, Only

./eib/c1/(Edit)

This is one of the more technical stations, so it lends itself to some practice. The same skill is used in both Shift from Known Point and Call for Fire.

./saw-tool/(Edit)

Because almost no one uses it to its fullest, this is an excerpt from the manual.

./doc/M16-Smartstrip.pdf(Edit)

The order of the targets (and their ranges) is a published, fixed standard. If you don't use the info, you're not using all means rightfully available to you. This can definitely help those who are struggling on the range.

• Particularly surprising engagements are marked with arrows.
• Exactly wide enough that you can laminate them with packing tape when you don't have lamination paper handy.
• 3 to a sheet - why waste paper?
• Created with LaTeX (source available).
• Caveat: The "left"/"right" clues change depending on your Fort's range.

./pre-basic-training-tasklist-study(Edit)

I found this, which I used before I joined. There is absolutely no justification for joining as an E-1. It ends up being in the $thousand+ range just for doing a few tasks, and here is a simple study tool for the "hard" parts.

Logging in to AKO(Edit)

Logging into AKO is not as easy as other sites. There are a few reasons why, and I'll try to explain everything I know about it on my Logging in to AKO page.

./dts/(Edit)

The Army travel auth/voucher system---these tips were made for people who used it all day. Thankfully, this hasn't been me for a long time)

Yaesu FT-840(Edit)

• Brochure PDF - http://panoptic.com/rking/ham/FT840-Brochure.pdf
• User Manual PDF - http://panoptic.com/rking/ham/FT840-User_Manual.pdf
• Service Manual PDF - http://panoptic.com/rking/ham/FT840-Service_Manual.pdf
• Specifications (from Universal Radio) - http://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/hamhf/2319spec.html
• FAQ - http://jim.jingozian.tripod.com/ft840faq.html (a few good tips, including out-of-band xmit)
• Sound-card Interfacing: http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/interface.html
• Hook-up points: http://www.qsl.net/wm2u/inter_ft.html (Bottom line: 'AF OUT' = RCA jack at back, 'Mic Input' = pin 8 i/p, pin 7 gnd; 'PTT Acc' = RCA at back; 'KEY Input' = at back)

Calculation(Edit)

• gsmc manpage/tutorial: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/hardy/man1/gsmc.1.html
• Ampacity and AWG number

Clipboard.pm(Edit)

http://search.cpan.org/~king/

I made this a long time ago, but it's a darned handy set of scripts. In fact, I am annoyed whenever I'm at a machine that doesn't have clipedit and friends.